Vendor Management Office (VMO) Lead

Overview

The VMO Lead oversees demand management, vendor relationships, commercial optimization and end-to-end third-party lifecycle support for a defined vendor pool and business unit within the Vendor Management Office.

What you'll do

• Assist in day-to-day operational management of current VMO processes and support cost efficiency initiatives while ensuring high-quality service delivery.
• Handle entity-specific demand and scope, being responsible for lifecycle management of at least 10,000 non-employee labour.
• Support the reduction of third-party costs, including identifying and implementing savings through vendor negotiations and optimizing rate cards, vendor margins, worker locations and vendor rationalization.
• Lead program management for new demand and emerging scope, consolidating existing demands, leading partnerships for new scope and allocating resources before implementing full lifecycle management.
• Perform third-party worker triage and demand management, including requirement gathering, strategic fulfilment, basic screening and selection support.
• Provide spend and headcount visibility and manage on/off-boarding, including NTID creation/deactivation and asset allocation/return.
• Track end-to-end third-party lifecycle, provide administrative support and perform monthly reconciliations.
• Coordinate fulfilment channels with vendors, sourcing and procurement, including monthly accruals and spend reconciliation.
• Deliver analytics and reporting across vendors, regions and skillsets, and track demand status with predictive fulfilment.
• Coordinate cross-functionally across Procurement, Finance, Technology, Legal and other teams to execute agreed vendor management strategies.
• Establish governance and provide regular updates, analytics and performance reporting to senior managers (typically VP and above).
• Manage a small team (typically up to 10) aligned to a specific business or function entity.
• Educate internal teams on vendor management best practices, policies and procedures.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Management, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• Overall 7+ years of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in business/digital transformation, business analysis, or operations support, with a focus on Source to Pay processes.
• Proven experience supporting transformational change across multi-disciplined, global teams.
• Exposure to or experience in project management, SAP Procurement technology, and procurement domain expertise.
• Strong emphasis on internal and external stakeholder engagement at all organizational levels within large multinational corporations.
• Familiarity with and experience in Agile methodology.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while coordinating with multiple stakeholders.
• Solid experience in project coordination and administration activities, with strong problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in data analytics, with the ability to analyze, interpret and present data to support strategic decision-making.
• Key skills: procurement and sourcing; SAP (Ariba, SRM, ERP MM, SAP S/4 HANA, Fieldglass); integration with non-SAP P2P systems; PMP and/or Agile methodologies; partnering and influencing across a diverse collaborator group.

Nice to have

• Good to have resource hiring experience for contractors and employees.
• Desirable: industry certifications in project management (ICP Agile/PMP), SAP (MM, SRM, Ariba, Fieldglass) and domain (CSCP, CPIM etc.).
• Desirable: track record of driving efficiencies through effective vendor and contractor management.

Details

• Location: Pune, India.
• Remote type: hybrid of office/remote working.
• Travel: up to 10% travel should be expected.
• Relocation assistance: eligible for relocation within country.
• Advertised as full time; flexible working arrangements may be considered.